Sledboard

ABSTRACT

A modified skateboard developed for snow and ice consisting of a top deck larger than the average skateboard, but smaller than the average snow board having a slope upward on both the front and rear. The bottom of said deck contains one mounted truck located on the bottom front end of said deck, and, one mounted truck located near the bottom rear end of said deck. Bolts are driven down from the top of said deck through said truck, tightly fastened securely by nuts. Each truck is connected to two truck mount brackets located on the axles of each front and rear truck. The rear and front truck is connected in the same unified fashion. Truck mount brackets are connected to two miniature type skis located near the front and rear of said deck. This allows independent suspension of both skis and deck. Truck mount brackets allow skis to pivot upwards or downwards, and left to right.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to sporting devices for use on snow orice. The invention relates more specifically to a modified skateboardthat accepts truck mounted devices onto miniature ski runners mountedonto skateboard trucks for independent pivoting and turning on snow orice.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is the only new sporting device that allowsminiature ski runners to pivot upwards and downwards and turn left toright.

The present invention is a modified skateboard with miniature skirunners mounted on the axles of modified skateboard trucks. Theminiature ski runners are braced by two truck mount brackets on eachminiature ski runner holding the miniature ski runners to the modifiedskateboard. This provides greater stability in turning as well aspivoting the miniature ski runners. The miniature ski miniature skirunners are connected by truck mounts on the upper deck of the miniatureski runners at approximately the midpoints of the length of each of theminiature ski runners. This allows the miniature ski runners to pivotvertically and horizontally on the modified skateboard. Because of thepivoting movement, the operator initiates right and left turns byshifting the operator's weight from side to side.

The miniature ski runners are curved upward at the front of theminiature ski runners for easy turning. The miniature ski runners arecurved upward at the rear of the miniature ski runners to give greaterstability for either straight gliding or turning and riding backward.

The board is made to accept two miniature ski runners per skateboardtrucks independently mounted on each axle of the skateboard trucks. Theminiature ski runners are braced by truck mount brackets that keep theminiature ski runners connected to the modified skateboard. These truckmount brackets are mounted on the axles of the skateboard truck whichhas a small round hole located in the center of said truck mountbrackets. Each miniature ski runners are mounted independently to truckmount brackets to enable pivoting of miniature ski runners. By shiftingthe weight of the operator and foot movement of the operator initiatesall turns and tricks.

The miniature ski runners are connected to the truck mount brackets toprovide the pivoting action of the front and rear sections of theminiature ski runners. This provides greater pivoting of the miniatureski runners and provides greater pivoting flexibility. The truck mountbrackets of the miniature ski runners are made to provide the pivotingaction of the front and rear section of the miniature ski runners.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

Objects of the invention are to provide a modified skateboard, truckswith horizontal axles affixed to an underside of the modifiedskateboard, trucks comprising forward and rearward pivoting on truckmount brackets position in relationship to each other and near a frontof the modified skateboard and near a rear of the modified skateboard,miniature ski runners attached to the truck mount brackets relativelyspaced from the front and rear of the modified skateboard, and means forproviding movement of said miniature ski runners relative to alongitudinal axis of the modified skateboard.

Further objects of the invention are to provide the modified skateboard,trucks with horizontal axles affixed to the underside of the modifiedskateboard, trucks comprising forward and rearward pivoting truck mountbrackets positioned in tandem to each other and near the front of themodified skateboard and near the rear of the modified skateboard, truckmount brackets including means to attach two miniature ski runnersthereto in a spaced parallel relationship and for providing movement ofthe forward and rearward miniature ski runners relative to thelongitudinal axis of the modified skateboard.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a truck mount bracketmounted on a forward miniature ski runner and mounted on the horizontalaxle of the forward truck of the modified skateboard.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a truck mountbracket mounted on the rearward miniature ski runner and mounted on thehorizontal axle of the rearward truck of the modified skateboard.

Another object of the invention is to provide a front miniature skirunner independently mounted on truck mount brackets on the fronthorizontal axles of the trucks. A further object of the invention is toprovide a rear miniature ski runner independently mounted on truck mountbrackets on the rear horizontal axles of the trucks.

Another object of the invention is to provide truck mount bracketswherein a truck axle is mounted into a small hole located in the centerof the truck mount brackets. Still another object of the invention is toprovide miniature ski runners having truck mount brackets securelyfastened to miniature ski runners to provide pivoting and turning.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 Is a top view and bottom view with view of skis on bottom view ofthe sledboard.

FIG. 2 Is a front view of the sledboard and miniature ski runner. Andview of the back end of sledboard and miniature ski runner of deck shownin FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 Is front and back view with example of left pivoting motion ofsledboard.

FIG. 4 Is a side view of the full sledboard. With view of truck mountbrackets, trucks and miniature skis connected to deck of sledboard

FIG. 5 Is an overview of sledboard with a breakdown description ofcomponents of sledboard that allows sledboard to function and operate.

1. A sporting device comprising a modified skateboard designed to beused on snow or ice with trucks affixed to an underside of the modifiedskateboard having horizontal axles, said trucks comprising forward andrearward pivoting mount brackets positioned in tandem to each other andnear a front of the modified skateboard and near a rear of the modifiedskateboard to enable left and right pivoting and steering movement ofthe axles and said miniature skis, plural miniature ski runners attachedto truck mount brackets spaced parallel front and rear connecting thefront and rear truck mount brackets and miniature skis to front and rearof the modified skateboard for providing a continuous runner surface. 2.The sporting device of claim 1 wherein the connected miniature skirunners are mounted on said horizontal truck mount brackets of saidtrucks.
 3. The sporting device of claim 1 wherein the miniature skiminiature ski runners are mounted on said horizontal truck mountbrackets of said trucks.
 4. The sporting device in claim 1 including theconnection of the miniature ski runners to the truck mount brackets tokeep the miniature ski runners connected to axles of said trucks.
 5. Thesporting device in claim 1 wherein the miniature ski runner surfacescontacting the snow are concave.
 6. The sporting device in claim 1wherein the miniature ski runner surfaces contacting the snow haveslightly protruding ridges extending along said surfaces.
 7. Thesporting device of claim 4 wherein said connection of miniature skirunners to truck mount brackets mounted on the front and rear horizontalaxles of said trucks.
 8. The sporting device of claim 4 wherein theconnection includes front and rear truck mount brackets mounted on thefront and rear horizontal axles of said trucks to accommodate miniatureski miniature ski runners to pivot upward, downward, left and right. 9.The sporting device of claim 1 wherein the connected miniature skirunners are short, wide, and curved upward at the front and rear. 10.The sporting device of claim 1 wherein the truck mount connectorsconnecting the miniature ski runners has a small round hole located inthe center of said truck mount brackets allowing truck axles to bemounted onto the said truck mount connectors so that the miniature skirunners will pivot and turn the modified skateboard.